September 17, 2017

Chancel Choir: “Requiem” Eliza Gilkyson, arr. by Craig Hella Johnson (Dedicated to the victims of natural disasters).

Rudy Wiebe

You show wisdom, by trusting people;
You handle leadership, by serving;
You handle offenders, by forgiving;
You handle money, by sharing;
You handle enemies, by loving;
And you handle violence, by suffering.

In fact you have a new attitude toward everything, toward everybody toward nature, toward the state in which you happen to live, toward women, toward slaves, toward all and every single thing.


Red Letter Parables and Aphorisms of Jesus (according to the Jesus Seminar)


If someone sues you for your shirt, give up your coat as well. (Matthew 5:40)

Jesus looked at his disciples and said:
God will bless you people
who are poor.
    His kingdom belongs to you! (Luke 6:20)

If a soldier forces you to carry his pack one mile, carry it two miles. (Matthew 5:41)

Love your enemies, and be good to everyone who hates you. (Luke 6:27b)

Then Jesus said, “What can I compare God’s kingdom with? It is like what happens when a woman mixes yeast into three batches of flour. Finally, all the dough rises.” (Luke 13: 20-21)

Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, give to God what is God’s. (Thomas 100:2b)

When people ask you for something, give it to them. (Matthew 5:42a)




God will bless
    you hungry people.
You will have plenty
    to eat! (Luke 6:21a)

God will bless you people
who are crying.
    You will laugh! (Luke 6:21b)

Jesus said to his disciples:



“A hundred barrels of olive oil,” the man answered. So the manager said, “Take your bill and sit down and quickly write ‘fifty’.”


“A thousand bushels of wheat,” the man replied.


The master praised his dishonest manager for looking out for himself so well. (Luke 16:1-8a)





“Because no one has hired us,” they answered. Then he told them to go work in his vineyard. That evening the owner of the vineyard told the man in charge of the workers to call them in and give them their money. He also told the man to begin with the ones who were hired last. 9 When the workers arrived, the ones who had been hired at five in the afternoon were given a full day’s pay.


The owner answered one of them, “Friend, I didn’t cheat you. I paid you exactly what we agreed on. 14 Take your money now and go! What business is it of yours if I want to pay them the same that I paid you? 15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Why should you be jealous, if I want to be generous?” (Matthew 20:1-15)

So Jesus told them, “Pray in this way:
‘Father, help us
    to honor your name.
Come and set up
    your kingdom. (Luke 11:2b)
